Google agrees to Germany’s terms regarding Street View

Germany has given Google the green light to launch its Street View mapping service in this country, but only after the company agreed to comply with German authorities’ privacy concerns.

The Mountain View-based company stated that it will give people ample time to request to have images of their homes removed before the service is launched.

German officials also want Google to blur images of people’s faces, cars and homes and erase the unedited photographs from their records.

Street View uses a vehicle with an integrated camera to capture street-level snapshots that can be viewed through the company’s maps. It is operational in nine countries including Japan, Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.

Last month, Greece barred Google from launching its service in that country until it provided additional safeguards as to how it will store the original images. Last year, the Pentagon banned the company from taking images from U.S. military bases after it captured pictures from a Texas base.